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Now Revealed and Proven: (The True Marketing Value of) Return on Word of Mouth

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I’m grateful to my colleague, Richard Vanderveer, for making readers of his blog aware of an insightful report – Return on Word of Mouth, or WOM/ROI – recently issued by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). Blogs Thought Leadership' WOM is at least as important as other inputs to optimize KPIs.

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

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Many b2b and b2c companies offer antiseptic, commoditized, vanilla experiences for customers. These are almost guaranteed not to be memorable, not to be talked about (unless neutrally or negatively), and not creating outside-in advocacy and value creation. Committing to customer experience: applying the concepts.

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The 20 Stakeholder Experience Emotions: Which Are Most Positive and Value-Enhancing, and Which Are Most Negative and Value-Destroying?

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Since 2005, over 50,000 respondents, in 49 countries and multiple b2b and b2c industries have participated in research incorporating the Hierarchy model emotions. In this post, we are addressing the perceived value influence of emotions and memory on b2b and b2c customers. Some additional stats: We have asked approximately 4.5

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Why, Oh Why, Is ANYBODY Still Measuring Customer Satisfaction?

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35 years ago, Deming said “Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your product and service, and that bring friends with them”, he was talking about what, for the past decade, we have understood, and effectively measured and applied, as customer advocacy behavior.

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4 Powerful Rules to Create Employee and Customer Word-of-Mouth Programs That Work

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Based on broad WOM program experience with b2b and b2c clients around the world, I’ve developed four general ‘rules’ for accomplishing this: 1. This is true, of course, in both b2b and b2c environments. Monetary Linkage Between Customer Experience, Loyalty Initiatives, and Advocacy Behavior.

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The Importance of Customer Satisfaction

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Customer relationships are no different. Whether you’re in a B2B or B2C marketplace, at the end of the day, you’re living in an H2H world…. And that’s where the importance of customer satisfaction comes in. . Building relationships with customers. Satisfied customers will recommend you to their network.

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What is Customer Success and Why is it Important?

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This will, in turn, will help you: Build stronger customer relationships Earn customer trust Improve customer satisfaction Happy and satisfied customers often become advocates who rave about your brand on social media and review sites. The post What is Customer Success and Why is it Important?